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l EN. FWZ Y 3110.752397." Y Y "If-ATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

' Nf-PARKER. y v' UoRsET-STAY.,

APPLIOTIN FILED MAE. 6, 1903.A

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UNITED STATES nPA'AYIENTj l OFFICE.

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SPEC'ITICKDION forming part ofv Letters vPatent No. 752,297, dated Febrgary 16, f;l904.

Application alea narqh 6,1903.' serai nu. 146,469. montan.; i

To all whom it mayconicern: l

Be it known that I, NORA PARKER, a citizen of the United States'of America, residing at Oxford, in the county of Oakland and State to the front of a corset;

of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Stays,of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in corsets, and relates more particularly to the steels or stays therefor, and a iiexible stay date itself to the various bending-movements ofthe body, a further object being to make a stay which may be securely fastened at its ends to the fabric to prevent the ends from wearing or working through the fabricg and at the same time provide means whereby the stay 'may have a limited movement upon itself to accommodate itself to the wearer.

.To this end the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stay embodylng my invention; Flg. 2, a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 3, an edge elevation illusi trating the operation of rthe stay; 5l, an elevation illustrating my invention as applied Fig. 5,a section through a modified construction; Fig. 6, a section showlingcne method of fastening the clip tov thel showing another stay, and Fig. 7 a section method.' y,

As shown in the drawings, A is thesteel 01j stay, composed of two membersja-Mhaving a sliding or telescopic engagement 'with eachv other. Y Y

YB represents clips lsecured to one stay mem- --ber by uniting or otherwise and provided with lll'lnllldA ends 0. lapping the Qnnosite sill@ 0f the stay and formingguidesforthe 'other stay member to slide in, so that said members are free .to'sli'deupon each other to accommodate themselves to thevarious bending movements of the body of the wear'eij. f The clips are preferably secured in placihypunching a portion l Sif of the-clipright-through aperture the steel I mean any article in the nature of a'corstay and riveting the bur- 4onf'tlieuether side,

as shown in Fig. 6, or byjseparate eyelets, as

shown `in Fig. "I, and', if desired,` vthey may be formed integral with the stay, the smooth side of the stay being preferably placed next to the body. -1 -1 1 In Fig. 5 I have shown amodied construction in Ywhich oneof the members is provided with a slot al, and the clip completely'encircles both membersof the stay, a rivete passing through said slot, as shown. C represents apertures in the opposite ends of the stay for securely fastening them in place by sewing or otherwise. Y A Y My invention is designed and applicable to wearing-apparel in general, and while I have Y describedmyinvention as applied to a corset it is obvious that it may stays as Well. .f-

-In applying my invention tol the `construction of supports for corsets or garments genbe used for dresserally it maybe manufactured and sold asiaM new article of manufacture, and when I say set-steel.

To those at all familiar With the annoyance of the ordinary corset-steel the advantages of my construction will be readily apparent.

-Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim is` Y f 1. A stay for wearing-apparel comprising a plurality of members'having telescopic engagement with each other, means on one of said members having inturnedends for embracing the other member, and means passed through said means and its member for securing said means and member together, the securing means being confined between said 'member and the said means with inturned ends..

2. A stay forv wearing-apparel comprising a plurality of members havingtelescopic en.-

vgagernent with each other, means on one of `said members havlng inturneu endsfor embracing the other member and means integral with saidl means passed `through its member and upset upon the opposite side thereof.Y

3. A stay for wearing-apparel comprising a plurality of members having telescopic en gagement with each other, means on one of IOC said members having inturned ends for. embracing the other member, and means integral with said means passed through lits member and upset upon the opposite side thereof, the

upset portion being between said member and member and adapted to receive the other member, said clip having a portion punched .out

and passed through an aperture in its member and riveted upon the side of said member through which the punched-out portion passes, I 5 opposite that against which. said clip bears, l substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony .whereof I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Y NORA PXRKER.

Viitnessies:

OTTO F. BARTHEL,

LEWxs E. FLANDERS. 

